Jaffer, who had vied in the 2013 elections, was nabbed in his Toyota Prado 10 kilometres north of Marsabit Police Station towing a cart with the outlawed substance.
A police officer tipped kenyagist.com that the politician, who was released on a Ksh3 million bond, was set to appear in court on Monday, January 20 but failed to show up and went into hiding.
A warrant of arrest was issued in the principal magistrate’s court at Marsabit in Criminal Case number 366.
“You are hereby commanded forthwith to apprehend the aforementioned and to bring him before this court to answer the said charge and to be further dealt with according to law,” the warrant addressed to Marsabit Central Police Station boss read.
The ex-presidential candidate went low-key after his presidential ambition failed to materialize.
In June 2014, he hit the headlines when two organizations funding an initiative on national cohesion through the former presidential candidate received complaints from his employees alleging unpaid dues.
At least 10 people who had been working with Mr Jaffer Isaak had written to the Swiss Embassy in Nairobi and Inuka Trust Kenya, an organization run by former anti-corruption czar John Githongo, claiming they had not received their salaries for May and June 2014.
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